Avatar: The Last Airbender Flashback: "Avatar Day" Review

Our look back at season two shows us a different side of Avatar worship.

This episode was completely misleading, but in a very good sort of way. From the opening to the end there were twists and turns, well maybe not so many twists and not a whole bunch of turns, but it was misleading. I really enjoyed the opening with Sokka losing his boomerang; I actually had a sense of it being a part of him and it was now gone. Then when they arrived at the village celebrating Avatar day, and finding out they were celebrating the hatred of the Avatar for killing their leader 300 years ago, it was great seeing Aang man up and take responsibility for something he himself didn't do, but an Avatar before did, it showed more growth for his character.

We also had a chance to see some major direction given to Zuko and Iroh, and you can't help but think Zuko is going to get into a bunch of trouble on his own. Making the decision to travel on without his mentor and uncle is risky for him as a character but will be fun to watch how they write his new adventures.

This was one of those episodes where you just sat back and laughed at the humor behind it all. Sokka had his moment to shine, and shine he did. Playing the ever funny detective he was like a young Batman who ate a Sherlock Holmes sandwich, and hilarity ensued. Watching him and Katara go through the motions of solving this great mystery was like an old Laurel and Hardy mystery and everything just seemed to work.

And this episode was not without some awesome action sequences. When they tell the back story of Avatar Kyoshi and we see the kind of power she is capable of it gave me that tinge of happiness of the things Aang will be able to do in the future. The fight between the Fire Nation goons and Aang was shot like an old western, and it pleased my eyes.

Overall this was a fun episode that I could easily watch over and over again. With plenty of laughs and just the right enough amount of action, this is a classic episode.